by Gerard Manning | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog
Screaming Frog is widely recognized as one of the most powerful SEO crawling tools, providing deep insights into technical SEO issues, broken links, and metadata optimization. However, not every business has the budget for a premium subscription. Fortunately, there...
by Gerard Manning | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
When working with a limited marketing budget, choosing the right advertising platform is critical. Many businesses face a common dilemma: should they invest in Google Ads (PPC) or Google Local Services Ads (LSAs)? While both can generate leads, they cater to different...
by Gerard Manning | Aug 4, 2023 | Blog
Alta Vista Vs. Google, the early 2000’s I thought I would do some research on Search Engines in the 2000s and see which one may of been the easiest to rank on. The early 2000s were an interesting time with the number of different search engines that users had to...
by Gerard Manning | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog
An email from a client regarding a call he received regarding someone claiming he needs to pay in order to have his website included with Google Voice Search Results. The Google Scams will always be there, but when it comes to being included within Google’s...
by Gerard Manning | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog
Step-by-Step Guide to Adding GA4 Without Google Tag Manager Step 1: Create a Google Analytics 4 Property Go to Google Analytics. Click Admin (gear icon in the bottom left). Under the Account column, select your account or create a new one. Under the Property column,...
by Gerard Manning | Mar 23, 2022 | Blog
This was an interesting case. There was an issue with a website where It was being blocked via the McAfee Firewall, but was OK with McAfee Site Advisor and was labeled as Minimal risk. Checking the Shared IP Next, we checked the IP address that was associated with the...
by Gerard Manning | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog
Unfortunate Update: As you may find out, Google has taken away this handy little feature. Will we get it back? Time will tell. For now, relinquish those memories if you were fortunate enough to have experienced the joy of browsing other cities with the simplicity of...
by Gerard Manning | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog
With the screenshot above, just under the “Over 30 providers nearby” section, you’ll see companies participating in Google Guaranteed Local Ads. To be listed here, businesses must undergo Google’s background checks to qualify—though that’s a...
by Gerard Manning | May 12, 2021 | Blog
From July 1st 2021, a GST/HST tax will be added to invoices of Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform & and other customers with a billing address in Canada that are billed out of Google LLC. No taxes will be collected from business customers that provide a GST/HST...
by Gerard Manning | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Google Ads and the Personalized Ads Policy. Credit is part of an update to Google’s personalized ads policy. Although it may not restrict ad serving, it does restrict certain targeting options for the campaign. What this means is that you cannot exclude the...
Gerard Manning is the owner of Manning Search Marketing and has been working in the SEO industry since 2000. Originally started with Enquiro Search Solutions (now known as Mediative). Was previously a Research Assistant on Inside the Mind of the Searcher that was released in 2005.